| January 29 | John Gays' "Beggar's Opera," premieres in London |
| February 28 | Georg F. Handels opera "Siroe, re di Persia," premieres in London |
| March 6 | Spain and England sign (1st) Convention of Pardo |
| April 22 | Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris |
| May 4 | Georg F Handels opera "Tolomeo, re di Egitto," premieres in London |
| December 17 | Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue |
| December 23 | Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin |
